Chris Buse

Christopher Buse is the CISO for the State of Minnesota. In this capacity, Buse is responsible for designing and implementing the enterprise security architecture for state government. Before accepting this position, he served as the manager of IT audits for the Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor. During his 19 years as an auditor, Buse planned and oversaw IT audit work done on large government computer systems.

Buse is a CPA, CISA and CISSP. He is active in many professional organizations and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center. He also sits on ISACA’s International Professional Influence and Advocacy Committee and has held numerous board of director positions in the Minnesota Chapter.